Chapter 246: Give You Two Minutes

Huh?

Looking at this weapon description, Chen Yongren gradually had several question marks pop up in his head.

This pistol is kind of interesting.

It might come in handy at certain special moments.

Screwing over the little Japanese, or those idiots inside Unit 76, wouldn't be bad either.

And those three Red Party members.

I am now the Chief Advisor of Unit 76, a retired emperor.

Unit 76 captured three Red Party members; I personally killed the one who led the capture, and then I ignored the identities of those three Red Party members, which is somewhat suspicious.

Thinking of this, Chen Yongren immediately dialed Unit 76's phone.

……

Zeng Qirui and Gu Yongshan were conducting interrogations on Zheng Qian and his two companions.

Zheng Qian and his companions were bruised all over, but their mouths were tough; no matter how the agents in the interrogation room tortured them, they wouldn't utter a word.

The agents in charge of interrogation also knew that intelligence is time-sensitive; they needed to quickly extract their mission, and the torture intensity kept increasing.

"What is your mission?"

"Where are the other hidden operatives?"

"Come clean, and we'll plead with the Locust Army for you; then you could get a petty post in Unit 76, far better than being a Red Party member!"

……

An interrogator, whipping Zheng Qian with a saltwater-soaked lash, asked:

"Pah! Stop dreaming, you dog agents—I won't say anything." Zheng Qian spat a mouthful of blood onto that guy's face.

"Damn it, don't give me face and then refuse it!"

"Get the bamboo picks, and lift all his fingernails!"

"One by one!"

"Soak the picks in chili water!"

Soon, a low growl echoed in the interrogation room.

Beneath the rack where Zheng Qian was bound, several nail caps lay scattered, and a few of his fingers were already bleeding profusely, twitching from time to time.

But Zheng Qian still said nothing.

Regarding these dog agents, Zheng Qian didn't want to say another word; he turned his head hard to the sides, where his two companions, having been tortured excessively, had already passed out.

But soon, two buckets of saltwater were splashed on them, waking them up.

"Will you talk or not, you damn bastard?!"

Seeing Zheng Qian remain silent, this dog agent grew ever more furious.

In response, Zheng Qian spat another mouthful of blood.

"Is that all the ability of Unit 76's dog agents?"

"The Japanese only let you bite people, but don't give you dog food?"

"Damn your mother!" This guy, furious, grabbed a pair of pliers and clamped onto one of Zheng Qian's teeth.

"I'll let you curse, I'll damn well let you curse—I'll pull out all your teeth!"

Saying that, he exerted force with his hand.

A grating, teeth‑grinding sound rang out as a front tooth was wrenched out; blood poured steadily from Zheng Qian's mouth, soon staining his chin red.

"Will you talk or not?" He grabbed Zheng Qian's hair again, snarling with bared teeth.

"Pfft!"

Zheng Qian spat a mouthful of blood all over that guy's face; seeing him cover his dog‑like face and wail, Zheng Qian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You damn bastard, I'll see just how hard your bones are!"

This dog agent again picked up a red‑hot branding iron and slammed it onto Zheng Qian's body.

"Sizzle~" sounded.

A pungent burnt smell filled the interrogation room.

Zheng Qian kept gritting his teeth, staring dead ahead at the agent torturing him.

Seeing this, the agent in charge of interrogation felt a jolt, instinctively turning his head to look at Zeng Qirui standing outside the bars.

Zeng Qirui witnessed the whole scene, gritting his teeth in anger but powerless: "Damn it, these Red Party bastards' mouths are rock‑hard, Director Gu—do you have any good ideas?"

That afternoon he offended Chen Yongren again, and the interrogation made no progress; Zeng Qirui felt his head about to explode.

How come misfortune piles up one after another?

"You want me to take the fall again?" Although she feared Chen Yongren's status, she wasn't as afraid of Zeng Qirui.

"Director Gu, Miss Gu, let's not joke around now." Zeng Qirui, near tears, exclaimed: "These Red Party members are surely plotting something big—we must get it out of them!"

"Getting it out is within our duty; failing to get it out…"

"If they stir up big trouble, we could end up taking the fall."

Gu Yongshan glanced at Zheng Qian and company, then said softly: "These few Red Party members have tough mouths; even if you flayed them, you couldn't pry useful intel from their lips."

"Then what do you suggest?" Zeng Qirui asked.

"It's simple: starting tomorrow, we'll announce that the detainees captured yesterday have defected to the Locust Army." Gu Yongshan said calmly.

"Huh?" Zeng Qirui blinked, then clapped his palms: "Great idea—this way, any hidden Red Party members will surely come out to root out traitors."

"Then we'll be able to round up another batch of Red Party members!"

"Director Gu really is in intelligence—his mind works faster than ours."

Gu Yongshan ignored Zeng Qirui's flattery: "Besides, Director Zeng, our Advisor Chen's temperament isn't exactly pleasant."

I had someone look into it; when Advisor Chen worked at the police station, he found this girl pitiful, so he brought her home, and she's been his most treasured daughter ever since.

Moreover, she indeed often goes to the medicine shop to buy nourishing herbs; not only at Zhengji Chinese Medicine Shop, but any named shop has a record of her.

In just a few days, your people have offended him twice; you really need to think of a way to help this killing god calm down.

That makes sense; I have to— As he spoke, Zeng Qiru felt something off: "When did you look into these things?"

"Afternoon." Gu Yongshan.

"You dare investigate him? Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Zeng Qiru was frightened.

Gu Yongshan said: "Capturing three Red Party members is a great opportunity to earn merit, but Advisor Chen has turned a blind eye to these three Red Party members; I suspect he's deliberately avoiding something."

So I just went ahead and looked into it.

"What did you find out?" Zeng Qiru asked curiously.

Gu Yongshan said: "His background is extremely clean; my intuition as an intelligence officer tells me that Advisor Chen is absolutely not as simple as we imagine."

"They sent people to supervise us; why can't we supervise him?"

"If the Japanese are blind and send over a Red Party member, or a Chongqing faction member, what door would our Room 76 still be open for? We might as well shut the door and wait to die."

"What do you plan to do then?" Zeng Qiru sized up Gu Yongshan up and down: "You're not thinking of using a beauty trap, are you?"

"What are you talking about!" Gu Yongshan snapped.

As the two were speaking, another subordinate ran over and urgently said: "Advisor Chen's call; he'll give you two minutes, and if you're late by even a second, he'll hang up!"

"Hurry, hurry, take me to answer the phone!" Zeng Qiru didn't dare delay, and also told Gu Yongshan: "Come with me; when he asks, you'll be there."

"If you lay out your plan again, then he'll surely think highly of you, and the chance to earn merit will be yours—don't accuse me of stealing credit."